Fence-post.



J. W. MEYER.

FENCE POST.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. l2, 1910.

A 98'?,639 4 v Patented Mar.21, 1911.

j @@ifwwwm JOSEPH W. MEYER, OF HILLSBORO, ILLINOIS.

FENCE-POST.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 21, 1911.

Application led `August 12, 1910. Serial No. 576,921.

A steel or iron, of such a construction that the bodyl portion thereofmay readily be rolled in a rolling mill and thereafter, if desired, abase portion maybe castthereon.v

A further object of my invention is to provide a fence post which ischeap to construct and to which a wire fence may be secured, and in sucha way that it will not be broken away from the post.

With these and other objects in view my invention consists in certainconstructions, combinations and arrangements of parts the preferred formof which willl be first described in connection with the accompanyingdrawin s, and then the invention particularly polnted out in theappended claim.

Referring to the drawings wherein the same part 1s designated by thesame reference numeral Wherever it occurs, Figure 1 is a perspectiveview showing a fence post constructed in accordance with my invention inposition, with a section of fence secured thereto. Fig. 2 is a side viewof a fence post, the base being shown in section; Fig. 3 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 2, taken at right angles thereto, with the base howevershown in elevation; Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4, 4 of Fig. 2.

ldesignates the body of the fencepost which is formed with two projectinT- shaped ribs 11, and a second pair of ri s 12 pro]ecting at rightangles to the ribs 11. It

will thus be seen that I provide a fence post which is cruciformv incross Section. 4 In the edges of the ribs 12 I form a series of notches13, in which the securing wires for the fence may be wound so as toprevent Asaid wires from slipping.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided aform of construction which ma readily be rolled in a rolling mill inwhich the rolls engage at their peripheries in line with the middlelinel of the T-shaped ribs 11. Cast on the lower end of the post is abase 14 which is preferably, and as shown, cruciform in cross section,thus following the general lines of the body of the base. This base canbe made of cast iron, cement, or other material, as may be desired, andis cast onto the body portion after the same has been completed. v

I realize that considerable variation isl possible in the details ofconstruction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spiritof my invention, and I theref ore do not intend to limit myself to thespecic form shown and described.

Havnig thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A s' a new article of manufacture a fence post having T-shapedribsprojecting from diametrically opposite sides thereof, and a second pairof rlbs provided with notched edges projecting from diametricallyopposite sidesofthe post and at right angles to the T-shaped ribs. A

In testimon whereof I ax my signature in presence o two witnesses.

JOSEPH w. MEYER.

Witnesses WILLIAM HART, J oHN MAY.

